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AWS – AWS Systems Manager Distributor adds support to install and update agents on Oracle Linux platforms
Distributor, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now allows you to install and update software agents on instances running Oracle Linux 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, and 7.8. This support simplifies agent management for environments that include Oracle Linux instances. Read More for the details.
AWS – Easily enable operations best practices across AWS accounts and Regions with AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup
AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup now integrates with AWS Organizations to allow you to easily enable visibility and control of your instances across AWS accounts and Regions. Now, with just a few clicks, you can enable operations best practices across your organization, such as patch compliance scanning and instance inventory collection. Read More for the […]
Azure – Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is moving to query explorer
Azure Log Analytics saved searches functionality is now available in query explorer. Read More for the details.
GCP – IDC study shows Google Cloud Platform helps SMBs accelerate business growth with 222% ROI
Often facing limited time and resources, small and medium businesses (SMBs) increasingly need solutions that can help them accelerate innovation and gain a competitive edge. As a result, many are turning to cloud technologies that can help them spend less time managing infrastructure and more time growing their businesses. But not all public cloud providers […]
GCP – 3 paths for disaster recovery for SAP systems on Google Cloud
Disaster recovery (DR) is all too often an afterthought in business continuity strategies. Even enterprises with complex systems and terabyte upon terabyte of sensitive data can be guilty of having outdated and untested DR plans, or no DR plan at all. An effective DR plan focuses on the technology systems supporting critical business functions; it […]
GCP – Next OnAir sessions to get the most out of Google Cloud infrastructure
Worried about how to build an environment that can scale to your most demanding applications and users? Don’t be—just piggyback on Google Cloud’s rock-solid, planetary-scale infrastructure. Start by watching Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir infrastructure week keynote. Then, here’s a curated list of sessions that will give you a taste for the depth and breadth […]
Azure – SR-IOV availability on InfiniBand-equipped Virtual Machines
We are upgrading the virtualization technology through which customer VMs can access our high-bandwidth, low-latency InfiniBand network on our RDMA-enabled VM Sizes. By enabling SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization), customers will be able to use any MPI (Message Passing Interface) implementation or InfiniBand verb set, greatly increasing ability and options for leveraging Infiniband for their […]
Azure – SR-IOV availability schedule on NCv3 Virtual Machines SKU
View the full schedule, by region, for updates coming to NCv3 Virtual machines. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Data Explorer 1-click now supports mapping transformations
Azure Data Explorer 1-click now supports mapping transformations as part of the schema definition with the intuitive UX. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL Database—A performance optimization change to default settings is coming soon
The default maximum degree of parallelism (MAXDOP) option in Azure SQL Database is changing from 0 to 8, improving workload performance and optimizing resource utilization. Read More for the details.